The Adelaide Crows were once seen as the pin up club of the AFL. They have a large supporter base, good attendances, fantastic administration, a safe future in an AFL heartland, no player scandals, and they always adhere to the AFL’s rules.

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They should finish in the lower part of the top 8.
They've added a few talented players and they've lost no-one out of their best 22. The signings of Boak, Ebert, Wingard, Wines, Westhoff, O'Shea and Pittard will ensure that their minds won't be preoccupied with contract stuff this season.
Look out in 2015 and beyond. This team has the makings of a champion side; premierships and all. I honestly mean that.

Yeah, I agree with you Cam.
I particularly enjoyed your remark that "fans of the team that is the victim of a supposed missed free kick are always going to go beserk, but frankly, the opinion of anyone emotionally attached is irrelevant".
To be honest, the whinging about the free kicks is one of the worst things about supporters of our game.
I personally think Adelaide supporters are shocking with the umpires. The umpires apparently cannot do anything right.
I remember one game in particular. It was the Round 5 Showdown last year (incidentally the same game where Jay Schulz got his eye torn from its socket and the Crows fans acted in an absolutely disgusting manner towards him) and even though the free kick count was relatively even (20-17 Port's way), you should have heard the uproar. Booing when a decision went against them, and Bronx cheering when something went their way.
People talk about Port fans being feral. That's nothing but a stereotypical load of crap, aimed at poking fun at the coincidental predominantly comfortable middle class Port Adelaide supporter base.
I actually think Adelaide fans are more "feral", based on their actions at games.
The point being that the football public has a hell of a lot to learn about how to act when supporting their team.